Computer Science occupations in Portland surging

​​Overall
Computer Occupations grew at an annualized rate of 7.5 percent from 2010 to
2016..

Software
application developers are the single largest computer science occupation and
have seen the fastest growth in past year; growing 18.2 percent from 2015 to
2016. These workers are also well paid at an average annual salary of $100,510
compared to the average occupational salary of $41,370 in the Portland MSA.

Portland
has a significant demand for tech workers. The vast majority of H1B Visas from
Portland based companies are workers with computer science background.

Looking
at the total list of accepted H1B Visa applications, we see that roughly 821
visas are identified as tech workers. This accounts for two-thirds of all
accepted H1B visa applications in Portland. ​